PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN ARISTOTLE'S BIOLOGY by Allan Gotthelf (Editor), James G. Lennox (Editor) ( 9780521310918 )

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Title:

PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES IN ARISTOTLE'S BIOLOGY

By:

Allan Gotthelf (Editor), James G. Lennox (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521310911

ISBN 13:

9780521310918

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

19 October, 1987

Pages:

476

Description:

Aristotle's biological works - constituting over 25 per cent of his surviving corpus and for centuries largely unstudied - have been the subject of an increasing amount of attention during the late 20th century. This title brings together some of the best work in this area.

Synopsis:

Aristotle's biological works - constituting over 25% of his surviving corpus and for centuries largely unstudied by philosophically oriented scholars - have been the subject of an increasing amount of attention of late. This collection brings together some of the best work that has been done in this area, with the aim of exhibiting the contribution that close study of these treatises can make to the understanding of Aristotle's philosophy. The book is divided into four parts, each with an introduction which places its essays in relation to each other and to the wider issues of the book as a whole. The first part is an overview of the relationship of Aristotle's biology to his philosophy; the other three each concentrate on a set of issues central to Aristotelian study - definition and demonstration; teleology and necessity in nature; and metaph themes such as the unity of matter and form and the nature of substance.

Illustrations:

illustrations, bibliography, index

Publication:

Imprint:

Cambridge University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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